Final Cut Pro 5 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickPro Guide

This newly updated guide from Lisa Brenneis, an undisputed master of the digital video medium, provides task-based, step-by-step instructions along with loads of visuals and time-saving tips that will help busy readers quickly find what they need to know about Final Cut Pro. Topics covered include essential editing operations and media-management strategies, transitions and motion effects, filters, rendering options, and more. This must-have reference also addresses features new to version 5: including higher quality effects, RT Extreme with Dynamic RT, closer integration with Apple's other creative tools and more.

Lisa Brenneis wrote the five best-selling previous editions of this guide, as well as three editions of the Final Cut Express for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide. Her production credits range from interactive digital media to educational films, animation to live action, and documentary to poetic fantasy. Her clients have included Disney, MCA/Universal, the Getty Museum, the Library of Congress, the International Olympic Committee, and Mattel.